Principles above politics: Medicaid expansion too costly for state

3:31 PM,
Jun. 14, 2013

Written by

philip gunn

The Democratic leadership in the Mississippi House of Representatives made a decision during the 2013 regular legislative session to vote against appropriating funds for the current Medicaid program twice. Additionally, they voted twice against reauthorizing the technical bill that gives guidelines for operating Medicaid. They did all of this under the guise of wanting to vote on expansion. I said on the day that they did this, and I will say it again today: This is misguided and irresponsible.

Because of the Democratic leadership's actions, we are faced with shutting down a program ...